3D reconstructions of boats from the ancient port of Rome

3D reconstructions of the three boat types found in Fiumicino: fishing boat ( left ), small sailboat ( centre ) and a harbour lighter ( right ). D. Peloso, Ipso Facto scoop. Marseille/P. Poveda, Centre Camille Jullian, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université. Today, Fiumicino in Italy is a busy airport, but 2,000 years ago this area was filled with boats - it was a large artificial harbour only a stone's throw from the ancient port of Rome (Ostia). To tie in with the opening of the site's newly refurbished museum, Giulia Boetto, a CNRS researcher at the Camille Jullian Centre (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université), has coordinated 3D reconstructions of three of the wooden boats found at Fiumicino. These boats, in use between the 2nd and early 5th centuries AD , were abandoned in the port when they became outdated.